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Offline JIMLARCH

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What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« on: January 01, 2010, 06:30:37 PM »
I just use Castrol 10w-40 and change it after every race meeting.  What do the rest of you use?
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2010, 02:47:51 AM »
I can't believe no-one has broken out the comfy chairs, beer and the popcorn on this one yet...  ;D
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2010, 02:56:30 PM »
I just use cheap old Canadian Tire 20-50 or 10-40 in combo.  I change it and filter every 2 races which is usually less than one hour total.  It's a stock motor and I don't stress it above its redline.
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2010, 04:53:35 PM »
I use the stuff in the blue bottle. If the motor lasts the whole race I change the oil.
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2010, 05:51:37 PM »
Quote from: gene03079 on January 02, 2010, 04:53:35 PM
I use the stuff in the blue bottle. If the motor lasts the whole race I change the oil.
Judging by the condition of your parts Gene you need a genie in the bottle. ;) ;) ;D
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2010, 01:30:01 AM »
When equipped with the dry clutch I intend to go full synthetic Motul.

Rob
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2010, 08:59:57 AM »
Golden Spectro 10/40 or 20/50 and BG EPC (loaded w/zinc dithiophosphate)extreme pressure additive.,Bill
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2010, 10:56:42 AM »
anyone using amsoil?  i have a friend that swears by it in his duc and old honda in his classes...  he's also sponsored by them
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2010, 11:29:20 AM »
I have had good luck with Pennzoil, but  I usually ran straight weight, harder to get now.

 I never rev really high or run reall hard till it gets warmed up.

 ryder 60, I cant wait to see your cam chain rollers & slider if you are running CT Gold... :o
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2010, 04:09:02 PM »
Quote from: JIMLARCH on January 01, 2010, 06:30:37 PM
I just use Castrol 10w-40 and change it after every race meeting.  What do the rest of you use?

Back in the day I use to use Castrol for drag racing and I never had problems with it. We used a little heavier 20w-50 for drag racing.
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #10 on: January 06, 2010, 08:38:31 PM »
Quote from: 754 on January 03, 2010, 11:29:20 AM
I have had good luck with Pennzoil, but  I usually ran straight weight, harder to get now.

 I never rev really high or run reall hard till it gets warmed up.

 ryder 60, I cant wait to see your cam chain rollers & slider if you are running CT Gold... :o
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #11 on: January 06, 2010, 10:16:14 PM »
Quote from: Steel Dragon Performance on January 03, 2010, 04:09:02 PM
Quote from: JIMLARCH on January 01, 2010, 06:30:37 PM
I just use Castrol 10w-40 and change it after every race meeting.  What do the rest of you use?

Back in the day I use to use Castrol for drag racing and I never had problems with it. We used a little heavier 20w-50 for drag racing.

Just the regular ol' Castrol designed for car motors? Or do they have a moto-specific blend? My newly aquired cb550 needs to be treated to what works best  ;).

Anyone here run the Rotella T (syn or non-syn?) I run the syn (blue bottle) in my 03 Z1000 (36k) and it works awesome.....and I run that bike pretty hard.
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #12 on: January 06, 2010, 11:05:55 PM »
Quote from: MRieck on January 02, 2010, 05:51:37 PM
Quote from: gene03079 on January 02, 2010, 04:53:35 PM
I use the stuff in the blue bottle. If the motor lasts the whole race I change the oil.
Judging by the condition of your parts Gene you need a genie in the bottle. ;) ;) ;D

You can say that again Murphy ;D ;D ;D nice meeting you Gene ;) how's that little motor coming along ?

Sam. ;)
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #13 on: January 10, 2010, 05:53:41 AM »
Hello Sam

Mike is coming along with the head. We did locate some replacement cylinders to go with the pistons we have. For now just waiting on a gasket kit to arrive and some other small bits and then it can go back together.

The past few years running the Repsol full synthetic may have helped keep me racing. I think the oil did its job well. My motor failures look to be a case of way to aggressive downshifting and flat out over revving.


I think I will keep a better eye on the tachometer this year and save some money on motor rebuilds. I don't think any brand of oil would have kept that little motor together after what I put it through. More corner speed and less revving this year for me.


Gene

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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #14 on: January 10, 2010, 01:03:30 PM »
When I was dragracing the turbo, I used the Kendal 20-50 - back when it was the formulation I believe is now cooked up by Brad Penn. The price was right and it worked well for me.
I would change it when shifting became sticky. Yes even with an air shifter you can tell a difference.
I continued to run this oil even while I worked on a racecar that was sponsored by a synthetic oil manufacturer, but today would be a different story.
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Re: What oil do you use in your race bikes?
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2010, 07:54:53 PM »
Is there a clutch slipping problem with synthetic or automotive oils?
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